Local Notes
Sports Schedules Gone With the Wind… With all the aftermath of Hurricane Helene and some people being without power, I have no idea what the local sports schedules will be like this week… I plan on reaching out to the athletic directors of our school and seeing if I can get any information… Also, we all are waiting to see what the SCHSL is going to do about the football schedule.
Clinton HS
- Up Next in Football… The nest game on the schedule for this Friday is Chesnee at home as the Red Devils start their region schedule.
Laurens HS
- Up Next in Football… As the football schedule now stands and if damage from Helene allows, the Raiders are scheduled to open up their region schedule at home taking on the Southside Tigers at 7:30 pm on Friday, 10-11-24 if they stick to the schedule and do not make up the Fountain Inn Fury first…. Also, Homecoming which was scheduled for this Friday is postponed and a date for it is still to be determined.
- Fall Ticketing Information and Other Need to Know Venue Information… The Raiders have released information concerning tickets and other rules and regulations you need to know about before you go to any athletic events on campus this fall… This information also includes a parking map… Please check this out to save you some problems before you go… Click here to see that information.
Laurens Academy
- Up Next in Football… The Crusader’s schedule shows that they are supposed to be the road traveling to Oakbrook Prep for a region game at 7:30 pm.
Laurens County Touchdown Club
- If you would like to see information about the Laurens County Touchdown Club such as how to join, meeting dates, sponsors and guest speakers click here.
Middle School Football… To see the middle school master school football schedule click here… Please remember these schedules can change right up to game day without my knowing about it
Sports Talk Media High School Football Recap… Each week during the football season Sports Talk Media produce a recap show of high school football results from around the state… If you would like to hear that show for last Friday night, click here… It’s usually about 5 minutes long and keeps you updated on football outside our area… Enjoy!
High School Football Scores… The State Newspaper has a listing of high school football scores played around the state last weekend… To see that, click here.
High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings
- Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, click here.
Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG… If it is a varsity football game we will start our broadcast about 6:20 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.
- Friday, October 11th … Varsity football host Southside at 7:30 we think…LOL
Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.
- School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
- School District 56: To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
- Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Varsity Football, Middle Scholl Football and Varsity /MS Volleyball…. Also you can click here to see varsity volleyball results. .
- Thornwell: To see the Thornwell varsity volleyball schedule and results click here
- PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.
College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.
College Football
- Some State School Schedules for This Past Weekend… If in bold, click on scores for more information about the game
- #10 Clemson 29 – Florida State 13… The Tigers led 23-7 at the half and went on to take the 29-13 win as Dabo Swinney became the winningest coach in ACC history surpassing Bobby Bowden (Florida State) with 174 wins.
- #9 Ole Miss 27 – South Carolina 3… Mental errors, miscues and fumbles put the Gamecocks down 24-3 at the half putting them in a hole they could not dig out of as they played arguably their worst game of the season
- San Diego 27 – PC 21 in OT… The Blue Hose gave the Toreros all they wanted as the game was tied 21-21 at the end of regulation only to fall in overtime.
- Furman 17 – Citadel 16… Furman scored with just over a minute left in the game to take the win in the Southern Conference’s oldest rivalry.
- Western Carolina 21 – Wofford 17… The game was tied 14-14 at the half and the Catamounts put 7 points on the board in the third quarter while holding the Terriers to a field goal in the third quarter taking the 21-17 win.
- Coastal Carolina 45 – Old Dominion 37… Chanticleers trailed by 10 at the half and came back to take the win.
- SC State 22 – Tennessee Tech 20… Bulldogs led 19-13 at the half and then held on to take the win over the
- Mars Hill 34 – Newberry 9… Mars Hill led 24-9 at the half and rolled on to the win.
- North Greenville 38 – Benedict 21… The Trailblazers led 21-7 at the half and cruised to the win in Columbia.
- Catawba 44 – Anderson 41… The Trojans came back to force an overtime but fell short in it.
- FBS AP Poll… The latest FBS AP Poll (10-6-24) had some major changes in the top 10 after Alabama’s 40-35 loss Saturday night to Vanderbilt… Texas moved back up to #1 from #2…Ohio State jumped up a spot to #2, Oregon jumped from #6 to #3, Penn State moved up from #7 to #4 and Georgia remains at #5…. Spots 6-10 are occupied by (former spot) Miami (8), Alabama (1), Tennessee (4), Ole Miss (12) and Clemson checks in at #10 (15)… To see the entire top 25 AP Poll click here
- FCS Coaches Poll… The FCS Coaches Poll (9-30-24) continues to have South Dakota State and North Dakota State ranked #1 & #2… In our general area, Mercer moved up to #11and they are the only team you often see on the schedule of some our local teams in the top 25… To see the entire FCS Coaches Poll click here.
- FBS Football Scores… If you would like to see the scores for FBS schools this past week click here… Once you get there you can filter and sort several different ways and you can also click on the next week to see the FBS schedule.
- FCS Football Scores… If you would like to see the scores for FBS schools this past week click here… Once you get there you can filter and sort several different ways and you can also click on the next week to see the FBS schedule.
Pro Sports: For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores at the start of the section.
Major League Baseball
- Postseason Schedule… If you would like to see the entre playoff schedule and scores of the completed games to date all the way to the World Series click here… If you would rather see the post season schedule by matchups click here… If you look at both of those and you are still confused or have questions about the playoff format, click here where they try to explain it and thus answer your questions.
- Other Scores… If you would like to see the scores of other MLB games click here.
- Standings… To see the MLB Standings click here.
NFL
- Schedules and Scores… For you diehard pro football fans out there if you want to check scores or schedules in the NFL click here… Once you go to this posting on the NFL site you can filter by the week you are interested in.
- Standings… If you are also curious about the NFL standings, click here,
This & That:
T-Ball at the Laurens YMCA…The Laurens Family YMCA will be offering T-Ball this fall for ages 3-5 years old… The cost will be $75 for Y members and $90… Registration is now open but will close on October 15th… You can register at the Y during normal business hours… If you have any questions, contact Haley Queen at 864-984-2626 of email her at hqueen@lakelandsymcs.org… Batter Up!
If you have any comments, suggestions, or want to report scores, please contact me via email at: sports@wlbg.com or text me at 864-981-3470.